Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 481 · Surgery or procedure

Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $18,473 per stay at 1,700 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $15,103 and $19,952.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $18,473
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $15,103–$19,952
Medicare’s share: $15,80186% of the payment
Average billed charge: $101,431
Hospitals reporting: 1,70062,753 stays

Hospitals in North Carolina

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Average payment across these 52 hospitals: $17,428National $18,473 · North Carolina $17,428
Median hospital: $15,777
Lowest to highest: $13,734–$27,451
Medicare stays: 2,045

52 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 340173	52	$13,734	26% below the national average	$12,290	$98,844
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	13	$13,844	25% below the national average	$12,714	$123,772
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	52	$14,281	23% below the national average	$12,900	$97,393
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 340017	50	$14,315	23% below the national average	$12,514	$51,143
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	18	$14,353	22% below the national average	$12,813	$73,016
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · CCN 340129	12	$14,431	22% below the national average	$13,207	$83,968
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · CCN 340041	11	$14,534	21% below the national average	$13,348	$56,026
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · CCN 340003	18	$14,581	21% below the national average	$12,949	$26,013
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 340147	25	$14,623	21% below the national average	$13,123	$59,030
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 340171	19	$14,643	21% below the national average	$13,269	$79,170
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · CCN 340015	15	$14,821	20% below the national average	$13,262	$72,621
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 340039	16	$14,861	20% below the national average	$12,254	$101,890
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	23	$14,892	19% below the national average	$13,473	$71,065
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	61	$15,018	19% below the national average	$12,907	$74,170
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · CCN 340151	15	$15,065	18% below the national average	$13,868	$46,933
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114	52	$15,190	18% below the national average	$12,386	$54,205
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · CCN 340064	15	$15,322	17% below the national average	$14,016	$80,803
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · CCN 340119	15	$15,325	17% below the national average	$13,695	$74,081
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 340130	30	$15,351	17% below the national average	$13,805	$86,538
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · CCN 340004	25	$15,437	16% below the national average	$12,987	$76,116
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340143	32	$15,439	16% below the national average	$13,884	$57,771
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	135	$15,460	16% below the national average	$13,629	$97,083
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	54	$15,556	16% below the national average	$14,222	$59,454
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · CCN 340183	27	$15,601	16% below the national average	$13,704	$70,205
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply, NC · CCN 340158	20	$15,724	15% below the national average	$14,173	$84,303
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · CCN 340070	27	$15,741	15% below the national average	$14,158	$55,348
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 340016	16	$15,814	14% below the national average	$14,182	$94,418
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 340032	47	$15,894	14% below the national average	$12,948	$75,938
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie, NC · CCN 340099	11	$15,920	14% below the national average	$14,881	$46,279
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · CCN 340013	13	$15,941	14% below the national average	$14,435	$86,081
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	47	$16,067	13% below the national average	$13,858	$91,496
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · CCN 340021	30	$16,165	12% below the national average	$13,448	$86,032
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	52	$16,360	11% below the national average	$14,224	$106,347
Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · CCN 340126	11	$16,761	About average	$15,574	$134,193
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · CCN 340028	53	$16,881	About average	$14,731	$57,418
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · CCN 340075	23	$16,949	About average	$14,597	$71,357
UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · CCN 340010	31	$17,103	About average	$15,735	$47,869
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	27	$17,163	About average	$15,153	$63,301
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091	76	$17,405	About average	$14,524	$54,651
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · CCN 340166	12	$17,417	About average	$15,921	$102,305
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	63	$17,511	About average	$16,112	$50,187
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · CCN 340142	41	$17,529	About average	$16,138	$30,973
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 340069	80	$17,559	About average	$15,495	$98,782
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	146	$17,683	About average	$15,520	$76,207
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · CCN 340109	26	$17,689	About average	$16,182	$66,082
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040	107	$19,430	About average	$14,561	$62,946
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · CCN 340071	12	$19,849	About average	$16,410	$52,451
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	23	$20,066	About average	$16,025	$55,186
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113	80	$23,563	28% above the national average	$15,988	$136,913
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	82	$23,824	29% above the national average	$17,365	$79,111

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 68,460 stays at 1,896 hospitals · 2021: 64,619 stays at 1,805 hospitals · 2022: 62,695 stays at 1,761 hospitals · 2023: 62,714 stays at 1,747 hospitals · 2024: 62,753 stays at 1,700 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$16K	$78K
2021	$17K	$83K
2022	$17K	$88K
2023	$18K	$94K
2024	$18K	$101K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	148	$13,071	$11,626–$11,933
Mississippi	22	846	$14,837	$13,938–$14,931
Arkansas	23	825	$14,904	$13,643–$15,134
Louisiana	27	900	$15,338	$13,540–$16,195
Oklahoma	26	1,039	$15,499	$13,953–$15,811
Iowa	22	745	$15,540	$13,883–$15,667
Alabama	32	1,029	$15,630	$13,603–$15,420
Kentucky	27	855	$15,839	$14,096–$15,866
Tennessee	41	1,560	$16,008	$13,765–$16,622
West Virginia	14	439	$16,049	$13,898–$17,225
Montana	8	277	$16,231	$15,455–$16,614
Kansas	20	679	$16,323	$15,065–$17,710
Florida	123	5,404	$16,329	$14,675–$17,635
Ohio	66	2,169	$16,449	$13,988–$17,350
Missouri	40	1,452	$16,491	$14,159–$17,593
Indiana	42	1,357	$16,495	$14,859–$17,059
Virginia	44	2,086	$16,709	$14,956–$17,234
Idaho	10	268	$16,744	$15,766–$17,451
North Dakota	6	269	$16,807	$16,182–$17,433
Colorado	23	775	$16,871	$15,188–$17,548
South Carolina	33	1,389	$16,933	$14,605–$18,560
Wisconsin	33	944	$17,163	$15,219–$16,993
Utah	10	383	$17,185	$15,186–$17,515
Nebraska	17	541	$17,196	$14,809–$19,723
North Carolina	52	2,045	$17,428	$14,986–$17,408
Pennsylvania	70	2,576	$17,470	$15,092–$18,582
Arizona	35	1,359	$17,476	$15,600–$19,324
Michigan	49	1,526	$17,554	$16,218–$18,374
South Dakota	7	365	$17,680	$16,427–$17,744
Texas	120	4,494	$17,702	$15,033–$17,825
Illinois	64	2,501	$17,728	$15,587–$18,651
Maine	10	252	$18,043	$15,716–$19,996
New Hampshire	12	360	$18,109	$15,829–$18,759
Georgia	52	1,746	$18,178	$15,149–$18,909
Minnesota	24	1,024	$18,501	$15,952–$19,097
Delaware	5	308	$18,585	$16,764–$19,741
New Mexico	9	327	$18,784	$15,796–$22,393
Washington	39	1,203	$19,123	$17,530–$19,154
Nevada	14	493	$19,257	$17,462–$19,839
New Jersey	46	2,026	$19,756	$17,269–$20,843
Oregon	17	518	$20,771	$18,226–$22,057
Rhode Island	6	209	$20,813	$17,135–$20,876
Massachusetts	42	1,896	$20,951	$16,793–$22,174
Connecticut	20	723	$21,587	$19,186–$23,258
Wyoming	5	112	$22,220	$22,651–$25,492
District of Columbia	4	117	$22,784	$21,682–$25,421
California	150	5,042	$23,404	$20,427–$24,166
New York	86	3,458	$23,676	$18,525–$25,050
Hawaii	8	182	$23,852	$20,914–$25,993
Alaska	6	183	$25,519	$22,445–$30,936
Maryland	34	1,329	$29,182	$24,146–$33,668

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.